We are so grateful for all of your prayers and encouraging words. Each day we see progress in our relationship with Karis, and we are so thankful for God's faithfulness to hear your prayers for her and us. Yesterday she ate much better and today as well. We've discovered she's much more interested in street food (we too have to admit that the street food seems to be extra yummy - it must be the mystery of not knowing exactly how the food was prepared ;) . Yesterday and today for lunch she chowed down on dumplings we picked up from one of the street vendors. She was quite adamant about feeding herself (see left). Even w/ only 3 teeth, she does just fine. Nothing like home cooking! Yesterday afternoon I picked up a roasted sweet potato from a man roasting them on a cart. Hot and steamy, I hardly got a bite. As you can see, Kari couldn't get enough ... but I was happy to share.
So the sweet potato ruined Kari's dinner. We had those Lanzhou beef noodles we wrote about earlier. It was supposed to be her "birthday dinner", but she wouldn't touch it. The tour guide also arranged for her to have a beautiful cake. We sang the traditional song, and we gave her her traditional first piece of cake (we made an exception even though she didn't touch her dinner). We thought she would really go at it, but as you can see, she was less than thrilled - if you can't tell from the pict, she's crying. We had to be satisfied with putting a little frosting on her face ourselves.
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oh, maybe we have another mimi and judy on our hands, loves food but not so much on the dessert! in any case, we're praying for you, and pray that the Lord will continue to bond you guys during this time.
Happy Birthday Karis!
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